Laundry Tricks : Homemade Shredder

So you have some papers that you don't want anyone else to see, but taking the documents to the office to shred them is too risky.

Take the papers and toss them into a stocking. Tie it up and throw it in the wash.

After a full wash cycle the paper will be shredded and the ink should be illegible. The pieces will have rounded corners and be impossible to reform, just like you shredded it in a professional paper shredder.